High severity · published Jun 13, 2017
CVE-2017-9552
A design flaw in authentication in Synology Photo Station 6.0-2528 through 6.7.1-3419 allows local users to obtain credentials via cmdline
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A design flaw in authentication in Synology Photo Station 6.0-2528 through 6.7.1-3419 allows local users to obtain credentials via cmdline. Synology Photo Station employs the synophoto_dsm_user program to authenticate username and password by "synophoto_dsm_user --auth USERNAME PASSWORD", and local users are able to obtain credentials by sniffing "/proc/*/cmdline".
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PS
Photo Station · Synology
6.0-2528; 6.0-2636; 6.0-2638; 6.0-2639; 6.0-2640; 6.3-2944; +18 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9552
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9552
Issue Tracking
http://blog.crozat.net/2017/06/synology-photostation-password-vulnerabilty.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.synology.com/en-global/support/security/Photo_Station_CVE_2017_9552
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